Mount Cotton Hillclimb
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Mount Cotton Hillclimb is a permanent tarmac
hillclimbing
circuit at Mount Cotton
, Queensland
, Australia
.
It is owned and run by the MG Car Club
of Queensland.
Club events are run at intervals of around 4–6 weeks.
The Queensland Hillclimb Championship is run there most years, and the Australian Hillclimb Championship
is run there every few years.
Tarmac
Tarmac is a type of road surface. Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901...
hillclimbing
Hillclimbing
Hillclimbing is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course....
circuit at Mount Cotton
Mount Cotton, Queensland
Mount Cotton is a suburb located south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in the Redland City local government area.Mount Cotton is named for the mountain that is in the area. It was named by Robert Dixon, a surveyor in the colony of Queensland. He named it after the commandant of the penal...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
It is owned and run by the MG Car Club
MG Car Club
The MG Car Club is an international club founded in 1930 for owners and enthusiasts of MG cars. The club headquarters are based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and are located adjacent to the now defunct MG factory site where cars were produced between 1930 - 1980...
of Queensland.
Club events are run at intervals of around 4–6 weeks.
The Queensland Hillclimb Championship is run there most years, and the Australian Hillclimb Championship
Australian Hillclimb Championship
The Australian Hillclimb Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor sport competition which determines Australia's annual hillclimbing champion. The championship has traditionally been awarded to the driver setting fastest time at a single meeting however the 1958 title was awarded based on the...
is run there every few years.